Re: Helpful for Vet Visits?

[Anonymous]

Good for you taking on a rescue but you are not doing this dog any good at all by putting it in a carrier to be honest I fail to see how you can get it in a cat carrier a dog needs a lot more room than this.
I do not know if you have owned a dog before, but dogs live in the present not the past so you will have to get a whole new outlook if you wish to help this dog, do not think of him being frightened take him out to a dog club get him on a collar and lead met people with other dogs let him find his own courage, what you are doing will turn him into a nervous wreck
Val

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I thought I should respond to this as Mark doesn’t know all the facts. My lab is a rescue dog who was severly mistreated and so is very untrusting of other dogs. He misbehaves purely because he doesn’t know any better, something we are trying to correct. We simply felt the carrier would perhaps make him feel safer. Maybe Mark should refrain from such obnoxious responses in future…
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